Use the test plan as the focal point for
all of your testing activities for a particular test cycle. It defines the
objectives and scope for any given test effort and contains criteria to determine
whether or not a product is ready for release.
A test plan allows you to:
- Set up a formal review process that lets you track completed and outstanding
reviews.
- Manage project requirements and test cases and establish their interdependency.
- Save a read-only snapshot of the test plan at a particular point in time.
- Attach existing documents, such as previous test plans, test schedules,
and other supporting material.
- Associate newly created and existing test cases to the test plan.
- List the various test environments supported and tested by
the test plan.
- Set up a series of test schedules, each with its own start and end date.
- Estimate the test effort.
To see the test plan in a printable format, click
the Print View icon.